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102 | <ul> | 102 | <ul> |
103 | 103 | ||
104 | <p> | 104 | <p> |
105 | <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p> | 105 | <li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p> |
106 | 106 | ||
107 | The busybox development series has been under construction for | 107 | Here goes another pre release for the new BusyBox stable |
108 | nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So | 108 | series. The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of |
109 | it is with great pleasure that I announce the imminent release | 109 | testing (thanks everyone!) which has helped turn up a number of |
110 | of a new stable series. Due to the huge number of changes | 110 | bugs, and these problems have now been fixed. |
111 | since the last stable release (and the usual mindless version | 111 | |
112 | number inflation) I am branding this new stable series verison | ||
113 | 1.0.x... | ||
114 | <p> | 112 | <p> |
115 | 113 | ||
116 | The point of "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of | 114 | Highlights of -pre2 include updating the 'ash' shell to sync up |
117 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be | 115 | with the Debian 'dash' shell, a new 'hdparm' applet was added, |
118 | fixed prior to the magic 1.0.0 release (which should happen | 116 | init again supports pivot_root, The 'reboot' 'halt' and |
119 | later this month)... I plan to release BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 next | 117 | 'poweroff' applets can now be used without using busybox init. |
120 | Monday (July 21st), and, if necessary, -pre3 on July 28th. | 118 | an ifconfig buffer overflow was fixed, losetup now allows |
121 | Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem turns | 119 | read-write loop devices, uClinux daemon support was added, the |
122 | up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end | 120 | 'watchdog', 'fdisk', and 'kill' applets were rewritten, there were |
123 | of July. | 121 | tons of doc updates, and there were many other bugs fixed. |
124 | <p> | 122 | <p> |
125 | 123 | ||
126 | If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release | 124 | If you have submitted a patch and it is not included in this |
127 | and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was | 125 | release and Erik has not emailed you explaining why your patch |
128 | rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That | 126 | was rejected, it is safe to say that he has lost your patch. |
129 | happens sometimes. Please do <B>NOT</b> send all your patches, | 127 | That happens sometimes. Please re-submit your patch to the |
130 | support questions, etc, directly to Erik. I get hundreds of | 128 | BusyBox mailing list. |
131 | emails every day (which is why I end up losing patches | ||
132 | sometimes in the flood)... The busybox mailing list is the | ||
133 | right place to send your patches, support questions, etc. | ||
134 | <p> | 129 | <p> |
135 | 130 | ||
136 | I would like to especially thank Vladimir Oleynik (vodz), Glenn | 131 | The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of |
137 | McGrath (bug1), Robert Griebl (sandman), and Manuel Novoa III | 132 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be |
138 | (mjn3) for their significant efforts and contributions that | 133 | fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature that |
139 | have made this release possible. | 134 | is still still on the TODO list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 |
135 | release is adding module support for the new 2.6.x kernels. If | ||
136 | necessary, a -pre3 BusyBox release will happen on August 6th. | ||
137 | Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem | ||
138 | turns up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release will be ready by | ||
139 | then... | ||
140 | <p> | 140 | <p> |
141 | 141 | ||
142 | As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. | 142 | As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. |
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428 | </li><li><a href="http://salvare.sourceforge.net/">Salvare</a>More Linux than tomsrtbt but less than Knoppix, aims to provide a useful workstation as well as a rescue disk. | 428 | </li><li><a href="http://salvare.sourceforge.net/">Salvare</a>More Linux than tomsrtbt but less than Knoppix, aims to provide a useful workstation as well as a rescue disk. |
429 | </li><li><a href="http://www.stresslinux.org/">stresslinux</a>minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom or via PXE. | 429 | </li><li><a href="http://www.stresslinux.org/">stresslinux</a>minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom or via PXE. |
430 | </li><li><a href="http://thinstation.sourceforge.net/">thinstation</a>convert standard PCs into full-featured diskless thinclients. | 430 | </li><li><a href="http://thinstation.sourceforge.net/">thinstation</a>convert standard PCs into full-featured diskless thinclients. |
431 | </li><li><a href="http://www.uhulinux.hu/">UHU-Linux Hungary</a> | ||
431 | 432 | ||
432 | </li><li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux Phone</a> | 433 | </li><li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux Phone</a> |
433 | </li><li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a> | 434 | </li><li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a> |
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43 | 43 | ||
44 | 44 | ||
45 | <p> | 45 | <p> |
46 | <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p> | ||
47 | |||
48 | The busybox development series has been under construction for | ||
49 | nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So | ||
50 | it is with great pleasure that I announce the imminent release | ||
51 | of a new stable series. Due to the huge number of changes | ||
52 | since the last stable release (and the usual mindless version | ||
53 | number inflation) I am branding this new stable series verison | ||
54 | 1.0.x... | ||
55 | <p> | ||
56 | |||
57 | The point of "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of | ||
58 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be | ||
59 | fixed prior to the magic 1.0.0 release (which should happen | ||
60 | later this month)... I plan to release BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 next | ||
61 | Monday (July 21st), and, if necessary, -pre3 on July 28th. | ||
62 | Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem turns | ||
63 | up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end | ||
64 | of July. | ||
65 | <p> | ||
66 | |||
67 | If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release | ||
68 | and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was | ||
69 | rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That | ||
70 | happens sometimes. Please do <B>NOT</b> send all your patches, | ||
71 | support questions, etc, directly to Erik. I get hundreds of | ||
72 | emails every day (which is why I end up losing patches | ||
73 | sometimes in the flood)... The busybox mailing list is the | ||
74 | right place to send your patches, support questions, etc. | ||
75 | <p> | ||
76 | |||
77 | I would like to especially thank Vladimir Oleynik (vodz), Glenn | ||
78 | McGrath (bug1), Robert Griebl (sandman), and Manuel Novoa III | ||
79 | (mjn3) for their significant efforts and contributions that | ||
80 | have made this release possible. | ||
81 | <p> | ||
82 | |||
83 | As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. | ||
84 | You don't really need to bother with the | ||
85 | <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>, as the changes | ||
86 | vs the stable version are way too extensive to easily enumerate. | ||
87 | But you can take a look if you really want too. | ||
88 | |||
89 | <p>Have Fun! | ||
90 | <p> | ||
91 | |||
92 | |||
93 | |||
94 | <p> | ||
46 | <li><b>26 October 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.5 released</b><p> | 95 | <li><b>26 October 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.5 released</b><p> |
47 | 96 | ||
48 | I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.5 (stable) | 97 | I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.5 (stable) |